Toll-handle.



No. 844,130 PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. J. N. HOWARD.

TooL HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED APE.19, 1906. RENEWED JAN. 9, 1907.

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1 hi woes No. 844,180. PATENTED FEB. 12,, 1907.

J. N. HOWARD, T001. HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1906. RENEWED JAN. 9, M07.

clear, and exact description of the inven- L 11011, such as will enable others skilled'in the 'lhis invention has relation to tool-handles I having the improved structural charactercitizen of the United States, residing at Laurrnn STATES PATENT orrron.

JASPER N. HOWARD, OF LAGRANGE, INDIANA.

TOOL-HANDLE.

No. seared p Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 19, 1906. -Renewed lauum-y 9,1907. Serial No. 351,569.

Patented Feb. 12, 1967.

To alt-whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JASPER N. HOWARD, a

grange, in the. cpunty of Lagrange, State ol lndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

art'to. which it appertains to make and use the sam of the":kind thatare detachablecfrorrithe.. tool in order tdsuitsa special tool to the bandle in order to use it to thedieg advantage -in the istics shown in the drawings and hereinafter disclosed. i

The invention will first bedescribed in detail in connection with the annexed drawings, forming a art of this specification, and then lie-pointe out in the subjoined claims. Of .the said drawi'ws, Figure 1.is a side elevation showing the useofthe present invention. Fig: 2 1s a top plan view. --1*.ig. 3 is a bottom plan'of a ortion of the stm c ture. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sec- 1 tion. Fig, 5 is an elevation of the rear ferrule. Fig. 6 a rear endelevation of the i front ferrule.

The same figures of reference: designate the same parts or features, as the case may i be, wherever they occur. Q In the drawings, 10 designates a wooden I handle consisting of a straight round pole,'| as shown in Fig. 5, though it may he of any other suitable form such, for example, as 1 that shown in Fig. 6.

The tool-hearing end of the wooden handle will he formed so as to ht securely 1n the 5 socket 11 ol the ferrule 12, and a screw 13 1 die may be termed ahandle-socketed fer, d I 55 may be drivcn through the hole 14 in the l rule.

bottom of the said ferrule and into the end of the handle to fasten the latter with all re-. quired security. The tool proper, which may be a rake, hoe,

fork, spade, :LaJQl, or other implement 01''60 tool, will be provided with the socketed ferrule 15, having two ribs or flanges 16' on its upper rearward part, between which is a groove formed in the ferrule terminating at its forward end in a hole 17, openin" into the 3 socket of the ferrule. shaped notch formed in the rear edge of the" ferrule for a purpose that will presently.

appear. r The ferrule 12 has its forward end-reduced in diameter, as at 24, seas toiit the socket There is zilso'a'V- ofthe ferrule 15 quite tightl'y and have the rear edge of the latter socket abut against the s'houldf-lS-of the'ferrule 12, which shoulder on the underside has a V-shaped projection 19 to fit the notehmfeorresporid ing form before mentioned as formedln the edge of the ferrule 15 when'the properly-adjusted position, and t us provide one of the means afforded for keeping the two ferrules in proper position with respect to each other.

arts areinl A thumb-lever 20v is fulcrumeiibetween/ two ribs 21 on top of the ferrule 12 andis provided'on its forward end with 'e. pin 22, x-185 tending vertically and at right angles to tlio lever, so that when the parts are joined'saidi pin-22 will extend through the hole 17 in the I ferrule 15, with the point of said pin passing into. a hole 23, formed in the upper side of the reduced end 24, that enters the socket of the ferrule 15, the said pin by this manner be ing held at both its u per and inner ends so that it cannot be disp aced and so that it will holdthe ferrule 12 in place with security. and certainty. A helical spring 25' is arranged:

under the rear end of lever 20 tokeep the pin 22 normally down, and a plate 26 is formed on the upper side of the rear end of the lever as a means for the thumb of the hand of the operator to rest upon in pressing that end of the lever down to release the pin 22 from its fastening engagements. I

Inasmuch as the socketed ferrule 1 5 will be integrally or otherwise connected with the I shank of the tool, it may with propriety be" called a tool-socketed ferrule, and the other ferrule to be allixed to the wooden han- B the means described a handle may be pro' need for use upon a. variety of different tools, such as a rake, a hoe, &c.

What is claimed es the invention is 1. A toel secketedyfez'rule p -ovided on its. upper sid with two ribs; :1, Ion ituciinal gi'gove between said ribs, a. hole at-t e end of said groove opening intei'the sscket, combined .with a handle-seeketed fenule having lfeducedapertion of the handle-ferrule, the

its forwardend reduced to extend into the socket of the tool-ferrule, a recess formezl in the upper. side of t-heseid-reduced portion, av sp'l ing-presse-i lever pivetedon the handleferi 'ule end hevin a in on its end adapted to 'pass thi oughthe c e inlthe toel-fez'mle and vat its end te. enterthe i'ecess'fonned' in the award pertion cfsa-id spring-pressed lever restingbetween the seid ribs and in said 2. A'handle-sccketedjfenruleprovidertwith I e holed ening-into'th sceltet, a. reduced" portlon at its forwar'djend'fornmig a shoulder, a.

" .seid ribs andpivoted en'seid fem-tile, com- "b'ine'd with ato ol socketed'feriule adapted to (fihapd projection "on said shoulder, two

" ribs'enj upper side ofsziid fertile. a springpressed-pin-beziring lever ani nged between 'receivelin its seekt -the educedpe'st of the "fil st-m'entiened feziq ule, d having a -V- fiedjnetchjon its edge tereceh'e the-said epedi j'zojeetionfahole formed tli'rougli of the first-mentioned ferrule, the pin on the 5 saisl spring-pressed lever enteg'ing. the hole in the opposite ferrule and l'e'stin at its end in the recess formed in thesaid reeueed portion, and a pin driven thi'eugh the-hole formed through the inst-mentioned ferrule into the 40 wooden handle;

3.- A tool having a shank provided with a seeketed ferrule having-a groovemt its upper side, a hole opening into the sccket at the end of said groove and a V-shapezl notch in 5 its rear edge, combined with a handle havin a fentile'proviaie l with a szzcket into whicn} thee-21d c-f the handle extem's, a hole farmed in the fez'mle and opening into'the szckct', a.

pin driven through said hole into the poi'tieii 5d Jot tlixehemlle in the szcket, the forward part (1f the latte? fem ule being recluce'z, forming a,

shoulder at the base of the reduced pert-ion, the letter extenmng Into the socket of the liz'stqnentiez ed fCl'JlllO, a V-shapei pi'ojec- 55';

tion on Siliii sheulzler to fit into the V-shepezl notch on thefurmer ferrule, and e spr1 ng-'- p ressezl lever provmed with an 111w rely-pro jecting pin to extend at its'forweztl,end..' l[f e tlu ough the hole in the fiz'fst-nientienezi 6o socket and at. its end into t 'reqiucedend;

In testimony whereof I eflix niy signe ur in presence of two witnesses.

- 4 JASPERN. HOWARD Witnesses: e V

FnANoIs D. MERRIT -j WILLIAM H. DUrfF. I 

